Overview on battery chargers for plug-in electric vehicles

Author

Bertoluzzo, M. ; Zabihi, N. ; Buja, Geogiana

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Univ. of Padova, Padua, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

4-6 Sept. 2012

Abstract

The paper deals with the battery chargers for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). At first, the conventional battery chargers based on front-end diode rectifiers are described, dwelling on the topologies that improve their power factor. Then the bidirectional battery chargers are illustrated, highlighting their capabilities both to achieve a nearly unity power factor and to execute vehicle-to-grid services. At last, the so-called integral battery chargers are presented, showing that they are a viable solution to reduce the power electronics onboard the PEVs.

Keywords

battery chargers; battery powered vehicles; diodes; power electronics; power factor; power grids; rectifying circuits; PEV; bidirectional integral battery charger; front-end diode rectifier; plug-in electric vehicle; power electronics; unity power factor topology; vehicle-to-grid service; Batteries; Choppers (circuits); DC-DC power converters; Inductors; Rectifiers; Topology; Transistors; Plug-in electric vehicles; bidirectional battery chargers; integral battery chargers; unidirectional battery chargers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (EPE/PEMC), 2012 15th International

Conference_Location

Novi Sad

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1970-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1971-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEPEMC.2012.6397461

Filename

6397461